Editing North Dakota (section)

===Climate===
{{main|Climate of North Dakota}}
[[File:North Dakota Köppen.svg|thumb|390px|upright=1.25|Köppen climate types of North Dakota|left]]

North Dakota has a [[continental climate]] with warm summers and cold winters. The temperature differences are significant because of its far inland position and being roughly equal distance from the North Pole and the Equator.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto;"
|+Average daily maximum and minimum temperatures for selected cities in North Dakota<ref name="North Dakota climate averages">{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/city.php3?c=US&s=ND&statename=North-Dakota-United-States-of-America|title=North Dakota climate averages|publisher=Weatherbase|access-date=November 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009031459/http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/city.php3?c=US&s=ND&statename=North-Dakota-United-States-of-America|archive-date=October 9, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
!Location
!July (°F)
!July (°C)
!January (°F)
!January (°C)
|-
|[[Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo]] || 82/59 || 28/15 || 18/0 || −7/−17
|-
|[[Bismarck, North Dakota|Bismarck]] || 84/57 || 29/14 || 23/2 || −5/−16
|-
|[[Grand Forks, North Dakota|Grand Forks]] || 81/56 || 27/13 || 16/−3 || −8/−19
|-
|[[Minot, North Dakota|Minot]] || 81/58 || 27/14 || 21/3 || −6/−16
|-
|[[West Fargo, North Dakota|West Fargo]] || 82/59 || 28/15 || 16/-2 || −9/−19
|-
|[[Williston, North Dakota|Williston]] || 84/56 || 29/13 || 22/0 || −5/−17
|-
|[[Dickinson, North Dakota|Dickinson]] || 83/55 || 28/12 || 26/6 || −3/−14
|-
|[[Mandan, North Dakota|Mandan]] || 84/57 || 29/14 || 20/−1 || −6/−18
|}
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{| class="wikitable"
|+Monthly maximum and minimum temperatures (°F/°C) in North Dakota<ref>{{Cite web |title=North Dakota temperature extremes |url=https://www.infoplease.com/math-science/weather/north-dakota-temperature-extremes |website=Info please}}</ref>
|-
!Month
!Maximum
°F (°C)
!Year
!Place
!Minimum
°F (°C)
!Year
!Place
|-
!Jan
|70/21
|1908
|Chilcot
| -56/-49
|1916
|Goodall
|-
!Feb
|72/22
|1992
|[[Fort Yates, North Dakota|Fort Yates]]{{efn|Also on earlier dates at the same time or other places}}
| -60/-51
|1936
|[[Parshall, North Dakota|Parshall]]
|-
!Mar
|90/32
|1910
|[[Edmore, North Dakota|Edmore]]
| -48/-44
|1897
|[[McKinney Cemetery|McKinney]]
|-
!Apr
|101/38
|1980
|[[Oakes, North Dakota|Oakes]]
| -24/-31
|1975
|[[Powers Lake, North Dakota|Powers Lake]]
|-
!May
|111/44
|1934
|[[Langdon, North Dakota|Langdon]]
| -3/-19
|1967
|[[Larimore, North Dakota|Larimore]]
|-
!Jun
|112/44
|2002
|Brien/[[Flasher, North Dakota|Flasher]]
|18/-8
|1969
|Belcourt Indian Reservation
|-
!Jul
|121/49
|1936
|[[Steele County, North Dakota|Steele]]
|23/-5
|1911
|Manfred
|-
!Aug
|115/46
|1922
|[[Cando, North Dakota|Cando]]
|19/-7
|1915
|[[New Rockford, North Dakota|New Rockford]]
|-
!Sep
|109/43
|1906
|[[Larimore, North Dakota|Larimore]]
|4/-16
|1942
|[[Parshall, North Dakota|Parshall]]
|-
!Oct
|98/37
|1963
|[[Watford City, North Dakota|Watford City]]
| -18/-28
|1919
|[[Zap, North Dakota|Zap]]
|-
!Nov
|88/31
|1909
|Haley
| -39/-39
|1985
|[[Pembina, North Dakota|Pembina]]
|-
!Dec
|70/21
|1939
|[[New England, North Dakota|New England]]
| -50/-46
|1983
|[[Tioga, North Dakota|Tioga]]/Williston
|}

On February 21, 1918, [[Granville, North Dakota]] experienced a record-breaking 83&nbsp;°F temperature increase over a 12-hour period, from a low of -33&nbsp;°F to a high of 50&nbsp;°F.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Some outstanding temperature rises |url=https://www.infoplease.com/math-science/weather/some-outstanding-temperature-rises |website=Infoplease}}</ref> Another weather record  set in [[Langdon, North Dakota|Langdon]] in the winter of 1935–36, with the temperature staying below 0&nbsp;°F (−17.8&nbsp;°C) for 41 consecutive days, January 11 though February 20. This is a record for any location in the contiguous United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Most Anomalous Weather Events in U.S. History: Part 2 |url=https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/Most-Anomalous-Weather-Events-US-History-Part-2 |website=Weather underground}}</ref>